SRCE vs. TCBK, FBNC, STBA, SYBT, VBTX, FNB, HOMB, UBSI, FFIN, and GBCI
Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Bancorp (FBNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Veritex (VBTX), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
1st Source has higher revenue and earnings than TriCo Bancshares. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1st Source received 6 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.40% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote.
1st Source has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1st Source currently has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.75%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than 1st Source.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.33% compared to TriCo Bancshares' net margin of 21.25%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.99% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, 1st Source had 3 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 1st Source and 2 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. TriCo Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat 1st Source's score of 0.98 indicating that TriCo Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of 1st Source shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of TriCo Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
1st Source beats TriCo Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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